24 Places You Thought You Were Pronouncing Correctly

The next time you travel to a foreign place, you may want to look up the proper pronunciation of your destination before you hop on the plane. Apparently, a lot of common city names that we hear around us have been grossly mispronounced.

In our defense, some of these mispronounced names were deduced from logical, educated guesses based on our knowledge of the English language. However, some of these places are located in other parts of the world and follow the rules of other languages.

Thankfully, the following guide can help shed some light on how to properly pronounce Bangkok, Melbourne, Colorado (yes, we've even been pronouncing that one wrong!), and many more locales.